Blair was PM when the government promised a referendum on the EU constitution before the name of that was changed to the ‘Lisbon Treaty’ and he cynically withdrew his offer.

Blair was also an enthusiast for British membership of the Eurozone and had personal ambitions to become ‘President of Europe,’ and how has that worked out for Europe and him?
It is no surprise to see him pat Miliband on the back for signing up to the corporatist EU agenda.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has agreed with Tony Blair over Europe in a press conference in London.

Nick Clegg agrees with Tony Blair’s comments. Image: ITV News.

The only thing Tony Blair is likely to omit to point out is that the only reason that the country has remained anchored in the centre ground and anchored in Europe – rather than allowing the swivel-eyed brigade on the Conservative Party backbenches to take over completely – is because the Liberal Democrats have been in office.

The mind boggles to imagine what would have happened if we hadn’t been around to act as a bulwark and say we are not going to allow internal Tory Party tensions to disfigure the national interest.

Conservative Home Secretary Theresa May has told BBC News that Labour’s decision to deploy Tony Blair is a sign of Ed Miliband’s ‘weakness.’

I think in a sense the most interesting aspect of Blair’s intervention is the very fact that he has intervened. I think it shows the weakness of Ed Miliband that the Labour Party has had to bring him into the fray at this point.

Tony Blair not that many weeks ago was complaining about where Ed Miliband was taking the Labour Party and now he has come in in this sense.

Chancellor George Osborne said Mr Blair would do the minimum asked of him during the election campaign to avoid being blamed if Labour are defeated.